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Student Conference on Conservation Science -New York

October 7-9, 2015

2 Student Conference on Conservation Science-New York

Student Conference on Conservation Science - New YorkOctober 7-9, 2015American Museum of Natural History

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The Center for Biodiversity and Conservation is grateful to the Edgar M. Cullman, Jr. Family, Vivian H. Donnelley, Strachan Donnelley Family Charitable Lead Unitrust, and an anonymous donor for their generous support of this conference.

Conference participation of students in the American Museum of Natural History’s Science Research Mentoring Program is supported by the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation.

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Table of Contents

Acknowledgements 4

General Information 5

Conference Agenda 6

Plenarists 13

Guide to Posters 14

Advisors, Reviewers, Mentors 17

Notes 19

Center for Biodiversity and Conservation 20

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Acknowledgments

The Student Conference on Conservation Science (SCCS) is the only international conference designed for students, post-doctoral fellows, and early career professionals pursuing or considering the field of conservation science. Interactions with established conservationists encourage collaborations and advance research.

SCCS-New York (SCCS-NY) is a sister conference to the highly successful SCCS-Cambridge, begun in 2000 by the University of Cambridge, as well as SCCS-Bengaluru, SCCS-Australia, SCCS-Beijing, and SCCS-Hungary.

The Student Conference on Conservation Science-New York 2015 is organized by the American Museum of Natural History’s (AMNH) Center for Biodiversity and Conservation (CBC) in partnership with the Yale University School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, Arcus Foundation, the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, the Harvard Forest at Harvard University, and the University of Cambridge. Collaborating institutions that have provided advisors, reviewers, and mentors include Applied Biomathematics, Bard College, Canisius College, City College of New York, College of Staten Island, Columbia University, FTI Consulting, Great Basin Bird Observatory, Long Island University, Orangutan Information Centre, Philadelphia University, Portland State University, Princeton University, Queens College, Rutgers University, Smithsonian Mason School of Conservation, State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry, Stony Brook University, Swarthmore College, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, University of Connecticut, University of Massachusetts Boston, University of Washington Bothell, Virginia Tech, Wildlife Conservation Society, Whitley Fund for Nature,World Wildlife Fund, and Yale University.

In conjunction with SCCS-NY, the American Museum of Natural History is proud to host the Mack Lipkin Man and Nature Series panel discussion.

SCCS-NY Content and Logistics Coordination:Felicity ArengoKristin DouglasMargaret LawAna Luz PorzecanskiEleanor Sterling

Technology Coordinators:Tony AlexanderPete Ersts

Program Design:Nadav Gazit


General InformationPhotography and Film Recording PoliciesSCCS-NY is designed to foster dialogue and collaborationbetween the students, postdoctoral fellows, early careerprofessionals, and established conservationists in attendance. We care deeply about preserving the integrity of the work, research, and personal interactions of our speakers, mentors, presenters, and attendees.

This event will be video recorded for archival and dissemination purposes. By participating in this conference, you grant permission to the CBC to use photographs of you for conference dissemination and outreach.

If you choose to present unpublished work during the conference but you do not wish for it to be disseminated publicly, we ask that you announce this at the beginning of your presentation. Portions of the event will be recorded and may be published online.

If using social media during the conference (Twitter, Tumblr, Facebook, Google+, personal blogs, etc.) we ask that you be especially cautious about discussing the work that is being presented. Due to the nature of this conference you may be hearing about new or unpublished work that may not be suitable for sharing. Please keep in mind that our speakers and presenters have invested considerable time and effort in the development of their material and copyright laws apply.

Official, AMNH-contracted vendors and working journalists with approved press credentials will be permitted to photograph, film, audio tape, or publish written content about the conference sessions and special events/receptions. Conference organizers reserve the right to ask any other individuals filming or photographing with personal video/audio equipment or other recording devices (mobile phones, digital or film cameras, tape recorders) without prior permission from the Center for Biodiversity and Conservation or the American Museum of Natural History to cease recording or using these devices.

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Agenda: Wednesday, October 7th

8:00am Breakfast and RegistrationMentor-hosted lunch tables sign up

Grand Gallery, 77th Street Lobby

9:00am Welcome and Introduction Kaufmann TheaterAna Luz Porzecanski, Director, Center for Biodiversity and Conservation, American Museum of Natural History

9:15am Plenary Address: How to do conservation science, implement it, and not die tryingRodrigo Medellín, Senior Professor of Ecology, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México; Past President, Society for Conservation Biology

10:00am Talk Session: Monitoring and managing populationsin aquatic systems

Kaufmann Theater

Session Chair: Ana Luz Porzecanski, Director, Center for Biodiversity and Conservation, American Museum of Natural HistoryKara Pellowe-WagstaffBrown University

Spatio-temporal variation in target species diversity in Baja California Sur, Mexico

Kaia Tombak & Emely DeJesusPrinceton University

Ecotourism and the demographic dynamics of oceanic blacktip sharks

Shambhu PaudelKathmandu Forestry College

Abundance, habitat, and conservation threats of the endangered river dolphins in Nepal

11:10am Break Hall of Northwest Coast Indians, 1st floor

11:45am Talk Session: Landscape dynamics and wildlife conservation

Kaufmann Theater

Session Chair: Kim Landrigan, Assistant Director for Capacity Development, Center for Biodiversity and Conservation, American Museum of Natural HistoryRae Wynn-GrantColumbia University

Carnivore mortality risk at multiple scales

Dwane Binns Jr.Pace University

Carnivore statuses across urban-forest gradients along refuge habitats on ROWs in NY

James HerreraStony Brook University

Conserving evolutionary, functional, and species diversity in Madagascar

12:40pm Lunch: Mentor-Hosted Tables Powerhouse, 2nd floor


Agenda: Wednesday, October 7th

2:15pm Speed Talk Session Kaufmann TheaterSession Chair: Mark Birchette, Associate Professor of Biology, Long Island University; Visiting Scientist, Center for Biodiversity and Conservation, American Museum of Natural HistoryBeth GerstnerThe City College of New York

Distributional estimates for Bassaricyon neblina (Olinguito) in the Northern Andes

Adriana PríncipeUniversity of Lisbon

Long term natural regeneration of holm oak woodlands after agriculture abandonment

Vijay RameshColumbia University

Identifying cryptic lineages within an endemic frog genus in the Western Ghats, India

Jennifer HoeyRutgers University

Understanding the impacts of climate change on population connectivity

Sebastien DesbureauxUniversité d’Auvergne & CIRAD

On community-based conservation in Madagascar: impact and mechanisms

Corey AncoFordham University

Genetic diversity of the leopard, Panthera pardus, in Sub-Saharan Africa

Mikael CejtinYale University

Puma resource selection and implications for risk in San Guillermo National Park

3:15pm Speed Talk Discussion and Break Hall of Northwest Coast Indians, 1st floor

4:00pm Talk Session: Population management in changing landscapes

Kaufmann Theater

Session Chair: Felicity Arengo, Associate Director, Center for Biodiversity and Conservation, American Museum of Natural HistoryDesalegn Chala GeleteUniversity of Oslo

Climate change impact on habitat range and genetic diversity of L. rhynchopetalum

Yannick NeveuxUniversity of Alberta

Exploring the effects of climate change on caribou management in Western Canada

Monica DavisUniversity of Massachusetts Amherst

The biology, ecology, and control of Callirhytis ceropteroides

5:00pm-7:00pm

Poster Session and Pizza Party Astor Turret and Hall of Primitive Mammals, 4th floor

7:00pm SciCafe: Seeing Inside BatsFree AMNH public event (for 21+ with ID)

Cullman Hall of the Universe, lower level


Agenda: Thursday, October 8th

8:00am Breakfast and RegistrationMentor-hosted lunch tables sign up

Grand Gallery, 77th Street Lobby

9:00am Welcome and Introduction Kaufmann TheaterEleanor Sterling, Chief Conservation Scientist, Center for Biodiversity and Conservation, American Museum of Natural History

9:05am Plenary Address: Ecological complexity in the coffee farmIvette Perfecto, George W. Pack Professor of Ecology, Natural Resources and Environment, University of Michigan

9:50am Talk Session: Conservation in social ecological systems

Kaufmann Theater

Session Chair: Eleanor Sterling, Chief Conservation Scientist, Center for Biodiversity and Conservation, American Museum of Natural HistoryMariya ChechinaUniversity of Alberta

Effect of protected area management on socioeconomic conditions of forest communities

Suman JumaniLegal Initiative for Forest and Environment

The ‘damning’ impacts of small dams

Sheyda AshayeriPersian Wildlife Heritage Foundation

Exploring illegal hunting motivations in Golestan National Park, Iran

Karen AllenUniversity of Georgia

Landowner preferences for payments for environmental services in Costa Rica

11:00am Break Hall of Northwest Coast Indians, 1st floor

11:35am Talk Session: Genetic tools for conservation Kaufmann TheaterSession Chair: Anthony Caragiulo, Program Manager, Sackler Institute for Comparative Genomics, American Museum of Natural HistoryJennifer DayUniversity of Washington

Resource selection, connectivity, and genetics of large carnivores in southern Mexico

Otto MongeUniversidad de Costa Rica

Conservation genetics of the Scarlet Macaw in Costa Rica

Giang CaoVietnam National University

Inferring genetic diversity of threatened slow loris populations in Vietnam

12:30pm Group photo Ross Terrace

12:50pm Lunch: Mentor-Hosted Tables Powerhouse, 2nd floor



2:15pm Speed Talk Session Kaufmann TheaterSession Chair: Mark Weckel, Manager, Science Research Mentoring Program, Education, American Museum of Natural HistoryMargit BertalanUniversity of North Carolina - Chapel Hill

Footprint identification technology (FIT) in Eastern Mountain Bongo conservation

Seth CunninghamFordham University

Ecological niche differentiation in the Nile crocodile species complex

Lisanne PetraccaState University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry

Use of interview data on a regional scale to identify correlates of jaguar occupancy

Sarah Jane WilsonInternational Forestry Resources and Institutions Research Network

Crisis restoration: ecosystem service scarcity drives local Andean forest transitions

Madeleine RubensteinYale University

Linking diversity to function in wood-rot fungal communities

Erika DrazenYale University

Closing the gap: assessing gender dynamics in UN REDD Programme projects in Sri Lanka

Marwa DaoudNational Museum of Natural History, France

ESU definition to establish better strategies for conservation threatened species

Zach FarrisVirginia Tech

Improving conservation via spatio-temporal analyses: carnivore ecology, Madagascar

Megan McSherryPrinceton University

Effects of grazing management on vegetation and soils: a comparison across continents

3:15pm-4:00pm

Speed Talk Discussion and Break(Details continued on the following page)

Hall of Northwest Coast Indians, 1st floor



4:00pm Mack Lipkin Man and Nature Series Kaufmann Theater

This Year in ConservationHosted by the American Museum of Natural History

Welcome and introductions by Michael Novacek, Senior Vice President and Provost of Science; Curator, Division of Paleontology; Provost & Professor, Richard Gilder Graduate School, American Museum of Natural History

Rodrigo Medellín, Senior Professor of Ecology, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México; Past President, Society for Conservation BiologyIvette Perfecto, George W. Pack Professor of Ecology, Natural Resources and Environment, University of Michigan

Panel discussion moderated by:Eleanor Sterling, Chief Conservation Scientist, Center for Biodiversity and Conservation, American Museum of Natural History

5:00pm Break

5:15pm Awards Ceremony Astor Turret and Hall of Primitive Mammals, 4th floorIn addition to awards for best talks, speed talks, and posters, we are excited to announce two special awards this year: a Land Protection and Stewardship award courtesy of the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, and a software prize for the top quantitative conservation poster from Applied Biomathematics!

5:25pm-7:00pm

Resource & Career Fair and ReceptionNetwork and gather information about future careers and resources in conservation science! Featuring:

– Audubon New York – Conservation Leadership Programme – EcoHealth Alliance – Fordham University Graduate School – International Union for Conservation of

Nature (IUCN) – Island Press – The Lincoln Institute for Land Policy – Network of Conservation Educators and

Practitioners (NCEP) – Oryx – Princeton University - Ecology and

Evolutionary Biology – Richard Gilder Graduate School – Society for Conservation Biology

– The Smithsonian Institution – The Nature Conservancy – Tropical Resources Institute – University of Pennsylvania - Professional

Programs in Earth & Environmental Science – University of Florida - Wildlife Forensic

Sciences and Conservation Program – Whitley Fund for Nature – Wildlife Conservation Society - Advanced

Inquiry Program – Wildlife Conservation Society - Glover’s Reef

Research Station – WWF Russell E. Train Education for Nature

Program – Yale University Press

8:30am-10:15am

Successes in Primate Conservation: A Conversation with Whitley Award Winners Panut Hadisiswoyo and Inaoyom Imong, and CBC Scientist Mary Blair

Powerhouse, 2nd floor

This year we are introducing a new collaboration with the Whitley Fund for Nature, featuring a panel discussion with two of this year’s prestigious Whitley Award winners. They will be discussing their work on primate conservation along with Mary Blair, Assistant Director for Research and Strategic Planning at the Center for Biodiversity and Conservation.

Panel discussion moderated by:Ana Luz Porzecanski, Director, Center for Biodiversity and Conservation, American Museum of Natural History

Panut Hadisiswoyo was awarded the Whitley Award for Conservation in Ape Habitats, donated by the Arcus Foundation, for his work building local capacity for the protection of Sumatran orangutans and their habitat in Indonesia. Inaoyom Imong received the Whitley Award donated by the Garfield Weston Foundation for his work saving Cross River gorillas through community-based conservation in the Mbe Mountains of Nigeria. Mary Blair investigates the diversity of slow lorises in Vietnam and the patterns, scales, and drivers of illicit trade in these primates. All three panelists will also be actively participating as mentors throughout the conference. This event is made possible thanks to support from the Arcus Foundation.

Join the conversation on Twitter! #sccsny2015 @WhitleyAwards

10:30am Workshop Session IIntro to Mental Modeler: a fuzzy-logic cognitive mapping software tool for integrating stakeholder knowledge into conservation decision-making

Led by: Steven Gray, Department of Community Sustainability, Michigan State University

Sackler Educational Laboratory,1st floor

When 9-1-1 is not an option: health and safety in the field

Led by: A. Nicole Mihnovets, Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Environmental Biology, Columbia University; Sackler Institute for Comparative Genomics, American Museum of Natural History

Davis Classroom West, 2nd floor

Tips and tools for navigating USAJOBS and the Smithsonian hiring process

Led by: Edith Tudae-Torboh, Office of Human Resources, Smithsonian Institution

Linder Theater, 1st floorRed Listing of flora: results, perspectives and challenges of a megadiverse country

Led by: Tainan Messina, National University of Tropical Botany, Brazil

Calder Lab, 2nd floor


Agenda: Friday, October 9th

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12:15pm Lunch Break and Collections Tours (if you are registered for a Collections Tour, please meet at the registration desk outside the Kaufmann Theater on the 1st Floor. Tours leave 12:15pm SHARP.)Behind the scenes tours:

– Sackler Institute for Comparative Genomics wet lab and the Ambrose Monell Cryo Collection for Molecular and Microbial Research

– AMNH Herpetology Collections – AMNH Ichthyology Collections – AMNH Ornithology Collections

2:00pm Workshop Session IIGreat ape conservation in a changing world: challenges and opportunities

Led by: Inaoyom Imong, Cross River Gorilla Landscape Project at the Wildlife Conservation Society in Nigeria; Panut Hadisiswoyo, Community Agroforestry, Reforestation and Education (CARE) Programme at the Orangutan Information Centre, Indonesia

90 min. Davis Classroom West, 2nd floor

Biocultural approaches to conservation Led by: Georgina Cullman, Center for Biodiversity and Conservation, American Museum of Natural History

180 min. Rose Center Classroom, 2nd floor

What am I going to do with the rest of my life?! Exploring careers in conservation

Led by: Mary Blair, Cynthia Malone, Center for Biodiversity and Conservation, American Museum of Natural History; Alexandra Sutton, Duke University; Rae Wynn-Grant, Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Environmental Biology, Columbia University

180 min. Kaufmann Theater, 1st floor

Making decision makers do the right thing Led by: David Johns, School of Government, Portland State University; Wildlands Network and Yellowstone to Yukon Conservation Initiative

180 min. Calder Lab, 2nd floor

How to present your work...Visually! Led by: Nadav Gazit, Center for Biodiversity and Conservation, American Museum of Natural History

180 min. Linder Theater, 1st floor


Agenda: Friday, October 9th


SCCS-NY Plenarists

Rodrigo MedellínSenior Professor of Ecology, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México; Past President, Society for Conservation Biology

How to do conservation science, implement it, and not die tryingConducting research for conservation is, unfortunately, too often cut short or rarely implemented. I will discuss a few examples of research projects that have become official federal government programs with nation-wide implications. Mexico is the fifth country with the greatest biodiversity in the world. Challenges are thick and plentiful. Recently Mexico became the first country in the world to have an estimate of how many jaguars inhabit the country and the National Jaguar Strategy is fully in place and being implemented today. I will also speak about bighorn sheep and how a sustainable harvest has become the heart and soul of a strong conservation and development program for the Seri indigenous group. Bats represent about one-fourth of Mexico’s mammals and they include critically endangered and endangered species. The lesser long-nosed bat has been a focal species for my research and after 20 years it was recently delisted from Mexico’s Endangered Species List. The recovery implied lots of research, education, and specific conservation actions. The job of conservation professionals must include working with government and public to be effective.

Ivette PerfectoGeorge W. Pack Professor of Ecology, Natural Resources and Environment, University of Michigan

Ecological complexity in the coffee farmShaded coffee farms can harbor a high level of biodiversity, providing ecosystem services such as pollination and pest control. In this talk I will describe a complex web of ecological interactions that are connected to the reduction of pests in coffee farms in Chiapas, Mexico. Superficially, it appears that an arboreal ant species is a potential pest in coffee because it protects the green coffee scale. Upon closer examination we discovered that clusters of ant nests serve as refuge for the main biological control agent of the scale insect, a coccinellid beetle. This beetle uses ant pheromones to locate and hide their eggs on coffee plants that have the green coffee scale. Furthermore, the ant-hemipteran association provides conditions for the growth of a fungus that attacks the green coffee scale but is also a mycoparasite of the coffee rust disease. A fly parasitoid of the ant mediates these interactions through trait-mediated indirect interactions. Eliminating the shade trees from the coffee plantation will eliminate the keystone ant species that is at the center of this ecological network, threatening the pest control function of the network.


Guide to Posters (in alphabetical order by presenter’s last name)

Michael AllenRutgers UniversityRefugia as a conservation tool for hayfield insects and their vertebrate predators

Juan David Amaya-EspinelPontifical Catholic University of ChileUrban sprawl or compact cities? Importance of landscape matrix morphology configuration to urban bird conservation

Shakifur BhuiyanScience Research Mentoring Program, American Museum of Natural HistoryComparison of camera trap and aerial Forward Looking Infrared (FLIR) surveys for white-tailed deer

Serj DanielianCalifornia State University, Los AngelesThe effects of frequency specificity of environmental noise on ecological synchrony

Emily DetrickCornell UniversityCurating botanical collections: professional development series for public gardens

Eric Djomo NanaCharles University in PragueAvian nesting success is influenced by vegetation structure on Mt. Cameroon

Julia DonatonStony Brook UniversityQuantifying variability in loggerhead sea turtle diet in New York waters

Brianne Du ClosUniversity of MaineA tool for grower assessment of wild bee abundance in the wild blueberry landscape

Amgad El ShaffaiSuez Canal UniversitySOS for Egypt’s dugongs: current status and conservation initiative for Red Sea mermaid

Megan EvansenThe University of MarylandPlanning for a biodiverse future: prioritizing conservation lands in Florida

Henry Filosa Science Research Mentoring Program, American Museum of Natural HistoryDiversity and origin of Boraria stricta, an exotic millipede, in New York

Nicole FuscoFordham UniversityThe effect of urbanization on genetic variation within a stream salamander population

Trisha GopalakrishnaDuke UniversityDetermining the importance of plant animal interactions in the Anthropocene

Taylor HainsColumbia UniversityDoes hybridization occur in a captive population of the Scarlet Macaw complex?

Karla Gabriela Hernandez AguilarUniversidad Nacional Autónoma de MéxicoNational jaguar conservation strategy: towards environmental policies in Mexico

Liza IegorovaState University of New York College of Environmental Science and ForestryModeling of tiger and its prey populations in Balkhash Lake Region, Kazakhstan

Biba Jasmine Kaur University of MarylandIdentification of priority species under IDWH using a cumulative assessment method

Solomon KenyensoManchester Metropolitan UniversityImpacts of satellite communities on protected areas: Kyabobo National Park, Ghana


Guide to Posters

Katherine KlingStony Brook UniversityNoisy neighbors: slow loris response to anthropogenic noise in West Java, Indonesia

Giovanna Kupiec Science Research Mentoring Program, American Museum of Natural HistoryLandscape effects on fine-scale genetic connectivity in a Neotropical mesocarnivore

Samuel LeslieUniversity of Kent; Durrell Institute of Conservation and EcologyInvestigating long-term patterns of human-tiger conflict and intervention actions

Kristy LewisGeorge Mason UniversityExploring the land-loss fish production paradox in coastal Louisiana

Lin LiThe City College of New YorkIn Costa Rica, patches of primary forest sustain specialized interactions

Erin McKennaScience Research Mentoring Program, American Museum of Natural HistoryDetection rates and spacial use patterns of coyotes in NYC Parks

Tainan MessinaNational University of Tropical Botany, BrazilPlant conservation in Brazil: are we actually Red Listing biodiversity?

Stephen OforiA Rocha GhanaSea turtle by-catch handling/release practice for fishers in Muni-Pomadze Ramsar site

William PangburnFordham UniversityHealth assessments of wild and captive Radiated Tortoises in Madagascar

Harshil PatelVeer Narmad South Gujarat UniversityA survey of herpetofauna of Vansda National Park, Gujarat, India

Sanjeev PoudelWomen in Environment-NepalOutcomes of migration on sustainable livelihoods: case of Mali village of Nepal

Carmen Julia Quiroga PachecoUniversity of KentAssessing the value of the Hairy Armadillo in Oruro, Bolivia

Hari Prakash RameshUrban Slender Loris ProjectImpact of urban sprawl on destruction of Slender Loris habitat in Greater Bangalore

Sylvia RojasUniversidad Andres BelloEffects of environmental pollution on the reproductive health of a bioindicator

Christopher RoweVirginia TechEstimating puma (Puma concolor) population densities using mark-resight models

Hae Yeong RyuStony Brook UniversityEffects of spatial structure on species viability in a population dynamics model

Christopher SatterVirginia TechEstimating leopard cat population abundance and density in Sumatra, Indonesia

Jennifer ServisCity University of New York, College of Staten IslandGenetic approaches for biodiversity: identifying Palmyra Atoll’s marine invertebrates


Guide to Posters

Nathanael StanekFordham University A range-wide molecular analysis of the forest hinge-back tortoise, Kinixys erosa

Dan SulonPhiladelphia UniversityChallenge of invasive species in the herbaceous layer for urban forest restoration

Jahdiel Torres-CabáAntioch University New EnglandThe role of introduced rats as seed dispersers in La Olimpia Forest, Puerto Rico

Charles Van ReesTufts UniversityTracking the fire thief: a first look at the movement of an endangered waterbird

Anthony WaldropUniversity of MarylandGrowth management policy impact upon housing growth in the wildland-urban interface

Lynn WaterhouseScripps Institution of OceanographyCan we call it a comeback? Nassau grouper spawning aggregation in the Cayman Islands

Connor WoodUniversity of MaineIntraspecific functional diversity of common species enhances community stability

Alexander WrightUniversity of GeorgiaData are scarce but action is necessary: using agent-based models for conservation


Resit AkçakayaStony Brook University

José AnadónQueens College

Robert AndersonThe City College of New York

Annie ArbuthnotWorld Wildlife Fund

Felicity ArengoAmerican Museum of Natural of History

André Baumgarten

Chanda BennettColumbia University

Erin BetleyAmerican Museum of Natural History

Mark BirchetteLong Island University; American Museum of Natural History

Mary BlairAmerican Museum of Natural History

Anne BowerPhiladelphia University

Adriana BravoSmithsonian Conservation Biology Institute

Megan CattauColumbia University

Kate ChristenSmithsonian Mason School of Conservation

Tara CornelisseCanisius College

Georgina CullmanAmerican Museum of Natural History

Kristin DouglasAmerican Museum of Natural History

Zach FarrisVirginia Tech

Josh DrewColumbia University

Ilya FischhoffPrinceton University

Dawn FletcherGreat Basin Bird Observatory

John FlynnAmerican Museum of Natural History

Nick FriedenbergApplied Biomathematics

James GibbsState University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry

Anthony GiordanoAmerican Museum of Natural History

Andrés GómezFTI Consulting

Steven GrayUniversity of Massachusetts Boston

Martha GroomUniversity of Washington Bothell

Panut HadidiswoyoYayasan Orangutan Sumatra Lestari; Orangutan Information Centre

Kate HansonUniversity of Hawaii at Manoa

Evon HekkalaFordham University

SCCS-NY Advisors, Reviewers, MentorsSpecial thanks are due to all those who have given so generously of their time and talents to advise, review, and mentor. They include:


SCCS-NY Advisors, Reviewers, Mentors

Simon QueenboroughYale University

Daniel RubensteinPrinceton University

Kimberly RussellRutgers University

Eric SandersonWildlife Conservation Society

Rebecca SennettWhitley Fund for Nature

Amanda SigouinAmerican Museum of Natural History

Eleanor SterlingAmerican Museum of Natural History

Don StewartState University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry

Melanie StiassnyAmerican Museum of Natural History

Morgan TingleyUniversity of Connecticut

Eric WaltariAaron Diamond AIDS Research Center

Mark WeckelAmerican Museum of Natural History

Paige WestColumbia University

Yael WynerThe City College of New York

Rae Wynn-GrantColumbia University

Bridgett vonHoldtPrinceton University

Kate HolmesWildlife Conservation Society

Henry HornPrinceton University

Ned HorningAmerican Museum of Natural History

Inaoyom ImongWildlife Conservation Society

David JohnsPortland State University; Wildlands Network and Yellowstone to Yukon Conservation Initiative

Kim LandriganAmerican Museum of Natural History

Jenna LawrenceColumbia University

Suzanne MaceyFordham University

Rodrigo MedellínUniversidad Nacional Autónoma de México; Society for Conservation Biology

Genia Naro-MacielCity University of New York, College of Staten Island

Liz NicholsSwarthmore College

Matt PalmerColumbia University

Ivette PerfectoUniversity of Michigan

Susan PerkinsAmerican Museum of Natural History

Jennifer PhillipsBard College

Ana Luz PorzecanskiAmerican Museum of Natural History


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